See the World's Tallest Statues

April 8, 2015 8:00 AM

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The photographer Fabrice Fouillet was looking to produce work about symbolism and the cult of personality, but couldn’t find the right angle – until he came across a photo of Sendai Daikannon, one of the world’s tallest statues, standing at 328 ft. (100 meters).

“This statue, [which is a Japanese representation of the Buddhist Bodhisattva Kannon], seemed so enormous, so impressive and so surreal since it was set up right at the center of this town,” says Fouillet. “I first thought that the photo was a montage, but it was real. I had found the symbol I was l...